Corpus Christi singer Selena would have turned 42 today

Tejano star was killed by Yolanda Saldívar in 1995

Susan Robinson of Birmingham, England, on Monday tours the Selena Museum, 5410 Leopard St. in 2010.

CORPUS CHRISTI - If she had not been shot to death by Yolanda Saldívar in 1995, Selena Quintanilla would be turning 42 Tuesday.

Selena began her career singing around South Texas with her band Selena y Los Dinos in the late 1980s. Her fame grew in the 1990s, selling hundreds of thousands of albums and earning awards from English and Spanish entities alike.

Considered by many as the queen of Tejano, Selena was about to break into the American pop music mainstream. But it all came to an end March 31, 1995, when she was killed at the age of 23 by the president of her fan club.